كۈنجۈت

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *künčit,[1] from Classical Persian کنجد (kunǰid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kynd͡ʒyt/

Noun

كۈنجۈت • (künjüt) (plural كۈنجۈتلەر (künjütler))

  1. sesame (plant)
  2. sesame (seed)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “künçit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 727

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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